photo from The Men of New York, v.2.

From The New York Times, December 17, 1899:

     Gen. William F. Rogers.
 Gen. William F. Rogers, who served in
the civil war, died suddenly at Buffalo yes-
terday. He was seventy-nine years of age,
having been born in Philadelphia in 1820.
He entered the service in the Twenty-first
New York Volunteers, serving for two
years, when he was brevetted Brigadier
General by President Johnson. Later he
was successively Auditor, Controller, and
Mayor of Buffalo. In 1887 he was appoint
ed Superintendent of the Soldiers and Sail-
ors' Home, at Bath, resigning about eight
years ago because of advancing age.